FAMILY ELATERIDAE 229 



Cardiophokus. 

 Cardiophorus sp. prox. maer (?), Cand^ze. 



Reference. — Provisionally identified as probably close to C. maer. 



Habitat- — Tharrawaddy, Lower Burma. 



Tree Attacked.— Ceplialostachyuni peygracile. Kadin Bilin, Tharrawaddy. 



Beetle.— Small, elongate, narrow. Yellowish brown, hetid and prothorax red-brown. 

 Head finely punctate. Prothorax convex, anterior margin sinuate, sides rounded ; finely 

 rugose- punctate. Elytra finely striate-punctate, 

 Description. sides straight to posterior coxae, thence con- 



stricted to apex, apices conjointly rounded. Legs 

 and antennae yellowish brown. Length, 8.5 mm. 



[Description from a single specimen in poor condition.] 



I cut a single specimen of this beetle from the dead 



wood of the wall of a large, hollow, 



Life History. dr\' Ccphalostachyum pergracile bamboo, 



in the Kadin Bilin Forest, Tharra- ^ Fig. 152. 

 waddy. The larva had lived in the innermost layer of the sp.^prox ?fiaerl?), 

 wood, and when full-fed had tunnelled deeper into the Candeze. 



w^all and eaten out a pupating-chamber there. In this Lower Burma. 

 I took the beetle on 27 January 1905. The beetle was fully mature and 

 ready to issue. 



Cardiophorus sp. 



Habitat.— Vellore, Madras. 



Tree Attacked. — Casuarina {Casuarina cquisetifolia). Vellore, Madras. 



Beetle. -Elongate, narrow, small, moderately shining. Head and prothorax black, elytra 



red-brown, with a longitudinal black band down the suture, decreasing in width to apex'. 



Prothorax very convex, smooth, very finely punctate, the outer 



Description. posterior angles but slightly produced. Scutellum large, impressed 



in centre. Elytra strongly striate-punctate, the striae strongest 



basally ; sides sharply constricted to apex, which is conjointly rounded. LInder-surface dull, 



punctate; legs brown. Length, 12mm. 



A specimen of this elater was sent by the District Forest Officer from 

 \'ellore, Madras, in company with Sinoxylon sudanicum, 

 Life History. the insects being reported as injurious to Casuarina 



equisetifolia in plantations in that district. The Sinoxy- 

 lon has been already described on p. 176. I am unable to say whether the 

 elater was doing any damage to the tree. 



Melanotus. 



Melanotus sp. 



Habitat. — Tehri Garhwal, North-West Himalaya. 



Tree Attacked.— Spruce {Picea morinda). Deota, Tehri Garhwal, North- 

 West Himalaya. 



